note 117117 added to function.array-filter

I needed to get the complete array element of a multilevel array where the values of some elements where 'x' or 'y'. Kind of a WHERE AND in a MySQL Query.. SO if you need to filter an array where 'X' = Y and 'a' = b, here you go. <?php /* * getArrayElement() by @MmO12 * * SELECT an element of an $array... * *$array = array( 0 => array('index1' => 'a', 'index2' => 'b', 'value' => 'hello'), 1 => array('index1' => 'a', 'index2' => 'c', 'value' => 'bye')); * * WHERE its $indexs values are equal to... * * $indexs = array('index1' => 'a', 'index2'=>'b'); */ function getArrayElement($array, $indexs, $justvalsplease = false){ $newarray = false; //verificamos el array if(is_array($array) && count($array)>0){ //verify indexs and get # of indexs if(is_array($indexs) && count($indexs)>0) $ninds = count($indexs); else return false; //search for coincidences foreach(array_keys($array) as $key){ //index value coincidence counter. $count = 0; //for each index we search foreach($indexs as $indx => $val){ //if index value is equal then counts if($array[$key][$indx] == $val){ $count++; } } //if indexes match, we get the array elements :) if($count == $ninds){ //if you only need the vals of the first coincidence //witch was my case by the way... if($justvalsplease) return $array[$key]; else $newarray[$key] = $array[$key]; } } } return $newarray; } ?> /******* Example ********/ <?php //array $array = array( 0 => array('index1' => 'a', 'index2' => 'b', 'value' => 'hello'), 1 => array('index1' => 'a', 'index2' => 'c', 'value' => 'bye'), 2 => array('index1' => 'b', 'index2' => 'a', 'value' => 'hi')); //indexes $indexs = array('index1' => 'a', 'index2'=>'b'); //aaand we get the element we want. $element = getArrayElement($array, $indexs); print_r($element); /***prints ***/ Array ( [0] => Array ( [index1] => a [index2] => b [value] => hello ) )?> IF you want only the array inside the elements just set $justvalsplease true like this <?php $element = getArrayElement($array, $indexs,true); ?> And you will get just the element content <?php Array ( [index1] => a [index2] => b [value] => hello ) ?> ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 187.155.143.74 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-filter.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/117117 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117117 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/117117 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php